The  Bible  Study  Committee 

and  the 

Voluntary  Study  Plan 


By  Ethel  Cutler 


The  Bible  Study  Committee 

and  the 

Voluntary  Study  Plan 

\ 

By  Ethel  Cutler 

National  Student  Secretary  for  Religious  Work 


National  Board 

of  the  Young  Women’s  Christian  Associations 

600  Lexington  Avenue,  New  York  City 

1916 


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The  Bible  Study  Committee 

and  the 

Voluntary  Study  Plan 

By  Ethel  Cutler 


Every  student  who  enters  college  is  searching  for  some¬ 
thing.  That  autumn  day  when  the  Freshman  caught  her  first 
glimpse  of  college  she  did  not  see  merely  stately  buildings  and 
tall  trees,  arched  drive-ways  or  broad  stretching  campus.  She 
saw  a  road  winding  upward  toward  her  goal.  And  that  goal? 
It  bears  many  names  and  is  reached  by  many  ascents,  yet  is 
it  not  for  all  who  climb  “The  Road  to  Larger  Life”?  Larger 
life  comes  with  increased  knowledge,  rightly  applied.  It 
comes  with  enriching  friendships  and  the  increased  oppor¬ 
tunities  for  service.  What  has  this  to  do  with  Voluntary 
Study?  What  has  Voluntary  Study  to  do  with  this?  Every¬ 
thing,  if  rightly  understood ;  nothing,  if  wrongly  construed. 

What  is  the  purpose  of  Voluntary  Study?  Why  lay  plans 
for  Voluntary  Study  classes  and  bend  every  energy  to  en¬ 
listing  every  student  on  the  campus  in  such  study?  What  is 
Voluntary  Study? 

The  college  curriculum  makes  heavy  demands.  The  tasks 
of  the  class  room,  the  laboratory,  the  library  go  to  make  up 
“the  day’s  work.”  When  a  student  enters  college,  by  virtue 
of  her  matriculation  she  is  committed  to  the  academic  pro¬ 
gram.  Voluntary  Study  is  not  another  class  of  this  sort.  Such 


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study  as  it  affords,  deals  with  the  immediate  problems  of  the 
daily  life  of  students  and  in  no  way  duplicates  academic 
work  in  Bible  or  Missions  or  Sociology. 

An  adequate  course  in  Voluntary  Study  offers  to  each 
student  guidance  for  daily  personal  fellowship  with  God  with¬ 
out  which  the  “larger  life”  is  always  stunted  and  warped.  It 
affords  opportunity  for  discussing  the  fundamental  problems 
of  daily  life  with  other  students. 

What,  we  find  ourselves  asking,  is  included  in  an  adequate 
course  in  Voluntary  Study?  Our  first  answer  is  instantly 
“the  Bible.”  From  the  days  when  our  Huguenot  forefathers 
would  rather  die  than  give  up  the  reading  of  the  Bible,  to 
the  present  time  when  it  is  a  better  seller  than  any  “best 
seller”  ever  on  the  market,  men  and  women  have  found  the 
source  of  their  hope  and  courage  and  will  to  do,  through  the 
words  of  that  book. 

Wherever  people  have  really  followed  its  teaching  they 
have  found  themselves  seeking  opportunity  for  social  action, 
until  today  we  recognize  that  Bible  study  is  only  one  part  of 
the  larger  study  program  of  the  Kingdom,  and  we  seek  to¬ 
gether  the  study  of  the  Bible  as  the  source  book  for  our 
inspiration,  the  study  of  social  problems  as  they  arise  in  this 
land  of  ours,  and  the  study  of  world  needs  as  different  parts 
of  a  single  course,  unified  in  aim  and  ideal. 

How  many  of  us  really  believe  it  of  supreme  importance 
that  every  student  on  the  campus  shall  know  the  meaning  of 
daily,  personal  fellowship  with  God?  How  many  of  us  be¬ 
lieve  that  this  can  best  be  accomplished  by  giving  some  time 
each  day  to  guided  Bible  reading  and  quiet  prayer  alone?  Is 
it  our  conviction  that  such  daily  meditation  grows  in  value 
as  we  have  a  longer  time  some  one  day  for  personal  study 
and  for  conference  with  a  group  of  our  fellow  students  over 
the  week’s  problems?  Then  we  see  the  fundamental  purpose 
of  Voluntary  Study,  and  we  ask,  “What  is  the  part  of  the 
Bible  Study  Committee  in  all  this?” 


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The  Bible  Study  Committee 

The  responsibility  of  the  Bible  Study  Committee  is  three¬ 
fold: 

1.  To  stimulate  and  develop  the  habit  of  daily  personal 
fellowship  with  God  in  the  life  of  every  student  in  college. 

2.  To  co-operate  in  the  promotion  of  the  standard  Volun¬ 
tary  Study  courses. 

3.  To  select  and  promote  parallel  courses  in  the  Bible 
where  this  seems  advisable,  in  consultation  with  the  cabinet 
and  local  or  field  secretary. 

There  are  three  committees  responsible  for  study  courses  in 
the  Association:  the  Bible  Study  Committee,  which  never 
forgets  its  major  emphasis,  personal  growth  in  fellowship 
with  God;  the  Social  Service  Committee,  which  thinks  con¬ 
stantly  of  the  need  of  the  local  community  and  the  larger 
community  which  is  the  nation,  for  unselfish  service  on  the 
part  of  students ;  and  the  Missionary  Committee,  which  hears 
and  helps  others  to  hear  the  call  of  the  world’s  need.  Greater 
strength  for  all  of  these  committees  will  come  in  a  united 
program.  This  can  best  be  achieved  by  a  “Voluntary  Study 
executive  group,”  composed  of  the  chairmen  of  the  three 
committees  working  and  planning  together.  These  three 
girls  should  plan  very  clearly  for  the  responsibility  of  each 
of  their  committees  in  a  united  program.  This  Voluntary 
Study  executive  group  will  need  to  make  a  careful  study 
of  the  situation  on  the  campus,  will  need  to  understand  the 
fundamental  principles  upon  which  the  Voluntary  Study 
courses  are  based,  the  eight  texts  making  up  the  “stand¬ 
ard”  four-year  graded  course,  and  the  “parallel”  courses  in 
Bible,  mission  and  social  study.  They  will  need  to  decide 
whether  in  their  college  all  the  emphasis  should  be  centered 
on  the  standard  courses  or  whether  there  should  be  plans 
for  parallel  courses  in  one  or  all  of  these  departments  of 
study.  Here  the  counsel  of  the  field  secretary  will  be  most 


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valuable.  There  is  the  further  question  of  co-operation 
with  the  churches,  the  selection  and  training  of  group  lead¬ 
ers,  the  rally  and  enrollment  in  classes,  the  steady  follow¬ 
up  work  all  the  year.  Only  with  united  thought  on  all  these 
points  can  the  different  committees  avoid  duplication  and 
achieve  a  common  purpose.  This  united  program  will  involve 
first  of  all  a  careful  study  of  the  situation. 

Study  of  Situation 

What  sort  of  study  classes  did  last  year’s  committees 
plan?  How  many  actually  materialized?  How  many  have 
lasted?  How  many  students  have  been  enrolled?  What  has 
been  the  average  attendance  of  each  class?  Have  the  leaders 
been  faculty  or  students?  Has  there  been  a  normal  class  or 
leaders’  council?  Have  the  courses  offered  touched  a  wide 
range  of  interests?  Have  the  classes  laid  emphasis  on  daily 
Bible  reading?  Have  the  courses  been  chiefly  lecture  courses, 
or  have  they  afforded  opportunity  for  group  discussion? 
Have  the  classes  met  on  Sunday,  or  during  the  week?  On 
the  campus,  or  in  the  churches  ?  What  relation  have  they 
borne  to  the  organized  Sunday  school  work  of  the  community? 
Why  have  not  more  students  been  interested? 

What  is  the  situation  which  confronts  the  present  commit¬ 
tees?  What  proportion  of  the  student  body  is  in  the  churches? 
How  vital  is  their  church  life?  How  many  have  any  real  in¬ 
terest  in  community  problems  beyond  the  campus?  How 
many  have  thought  seriously  about  world  needs?  How  many 
have  become  Student  Volunteers?  Are  the  college  standards 
such  that  we  are  always  proud  of  them?  What  is  the  attitude 
of  the  students  toward  Christianity?  What  is  the  relation 
of  the  churches  to  the  student  life? 

The  answer  to  such  questions  as  these  determines  the  extent 
to  which  an  ideal  program  of  Voluntary  Study  can  become 
operative  in  your  college.  The  live  Voluntary  Study  execu- 


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tive  group,  understanding  the  fundamental  principles 
upon  which  Voluntary  Study  plans  are  built,  the  material 
available  for  use  and  the  peculiarities  of  their  local  situation, 
sets  out  to  adapt  the  plans  and  methods  to  the  local  needs, 
looking  forward  always  to  the  time  when  the  program  can  be 
more  nearly  operative  than  now. 


Fundamental  Principles 

Any  program  for  Voluntary  Study  is  based  on  certain 
fundamental  principles : 

1.  Bible  study,  world  missionary  interests  and  North 
American  problems  are  fundamentally  one  they  are  differ¬ 
ent  phases  of  the  study  of  the  growth  and  extension  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God  on  earth.  Therefore,  any  adequate,  well- 
balanced  program  will  afford  opportunity  for  study  of  all  of 
these  themes. 

2.  Interest  in  the  growth  of  the  Kingdom  in  the  life  of 
the  individual  is  developed  through  daily  personal  fellowship 
with  God ;  and  daily  Bible  study  and  prayer  are  a  chief  means 
to  this  end. 

3.  There  is  distinct  help  to  be  gained  by  the  opportunity 
for  frank  discussion  under  wise  leadership  with  other  students 
of  like  interests.  This  means  group  classes — small  enough 
for  discussion  rather  than  so  large  that  discussion  generally 
belongs  only  to  the  leader. 

4.  Obviously  the  interests  of  Freshmen  and  of  seniors  are 
not  in  most  cases  identical ;  hence  the  value  of  graded  study, 
that  is,  groups  that  complete  some  one  theme  in  a  semester 
and  continue  a  new  course  in  the  second  half  of  the  year. 

5.  There  should  be  a  standard  program  for  the  majority 
of  students,  with  parallel  courses  to  meet  the  peculiar  needs 
of  special  groups. 

6.  The  nature  and  number  of  the  classes,  the  time  and 


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place  of  meeting,  leadership  and  texts  studied  should  be  plan¬ 
ned  as  far  as  practicable  in  closest  co-operation  with  the 
churches.  Ideally,  the  college  departments  of  the  local  Sun¬ 
day  schools  and  the  Association  Voluntary  Study  executive 
group,  with  their  several  committees,  are  working  together 
on  a  united  program,  promoted  jointly  by  the  churches  and 
Association. 

The  Origin  and  Growth  of  the  Voluntary  Study  Idea 

For  some  years  the  Joint  Committees  on  Voluntary  Study 
have  been  working  on  plans  and  texts  for  use  in  college  de¬ 
partments  of  local  Sunday  schools  and  Association  group 
classes.  The  Joint  Committees  are  a  union  of  the  sub-com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Lessons  Committee  of  the  Sunday  School  Coun¬ 
cil  and  the  Voluntary  Study  Committee  of  the  North  Ameri¬ 
can  Student  Council.  The  Sunday  School  Council  is  com¬ 
posed  of  Sunday  school  editors  and  publishers  of  twenty- 
nine  denominations.  The  North  American  Student  Council 
is  made  up  of  representatives  of  the  Young  Men’s  Christian 
Association  and  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  of  the  Student  Volunteer 
Movement. 

The  Joint  Committees  are  editing  a  four-year  graded  course 
of  study,  “College  Voluntary  Study  Series,”  built  on  the  major 
interest  of  each  college  year.  Each  book  includes  suggestions 
for  daily  Bible  readings  with  chapter  study  and  suggestions 
for  group  discussion.  Each  year  has  two  parts:  the  first 
semester,  Bible  study;  the  second,  missionary  and  community 
interests.  The  course  is  in  progress  as  follows : 

For  Freshmen — Theme:  Standards. 

Part  I.  “Student  Standards  of  Action.” 

Part  II.  “Christian  Standards  in  Life.” 

For  Sophomores — Theme:  Leadership. 


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Part  I.  “A  Life  at  its  Best.” 

Part  II.  “A  Challenge  to  Life  Service.” 

For  Juniors — Theme:  Religion. 

Books  in  process — to  deal  with  Christianity  and  com¬ 
parative  religions. 

For  Seniors — Theme:  Community  Obligations. 

Part  I.  Social  Principles  of  Jesus. 

Part  II.  The  Student  and  the  Community. 

It  is  possible  to  give  only  the  subjects  of  the  Senior 
books  as  titles  are  not  finally  decided  until  the  books  go  to 
press.  The  Senior  books  will  be  ready  for  use  in  the  college 
year,  1916-17;  the  Junior  books  for  the  year,  1917-18. 

These  eight  books  constitute  the  “Standard  Course  in  Vol¬ 
untary  Study,”  and  will  prove  widely  adaptable  to  the  major¬ 
ity  of  students.  In  addition  to  the  standard  courses,  there  are 
certain  parallel  courses  available,  dealing  with  specinc 
themes,  either  biblical,  missionary  or  social.  These  lists  ap¬ 
pear  annually  in  the  Voluntary  Study  Prospectus,  and  under 
special  conditions  committees  may  decide  to  substitute  certain 
of  these  courses  or  offer  them  as  alternatives  or  as  additions 
to  the  standard  courses. 

Co-operation  Between  the  Association  and  the  Churches 

Wherever  feasible  the  Voluntary  Study  executive  group 
will  plan  with  the  local  churches,  co-operating  with  the  pas¬ 
tors  or  Sunday  school  superintendents,  for  college  depart¬ 
ments  or  student  classes  in  the  various  Sunday  schools.  In 
the  larger  churches  with  adequate  class  room  facilities  a  com¬ 
pletely  graded  course  can  be  offered  with  one  or  more  groups 
for  each  of  the  four  college  classes.  In  many  instances  the 
Sunday  school  and  the  Association  will  decide  to  have  a 
group  for  Freshmen  and  Sophomores,  studying  either  the 


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first  or  second  year  books  and  a  group  for  upperclassmen 
using,  probably,  in  1916-1917  the  new  Senior  books  which 
will  be  available  by  the  time  classes  begin  to  organize. 

In  co-educational  institutions  the  ideal  is  that  the  Young 
Men’s  Christian  Association  and  Young  Women’s  Christian 
Association  shall  unite  in  their  plans  for  church  co-operation, 
but  except  in  very  unusual  circumstances,  it  has  not  proved 
the  best  plan  to  have  both  men  and  women  students  in  the 
same  study  group. 

Where  for  local  reasons  this  plan  proves  impracticable,  it 
may  be  possible  to  organize  a  union  college  department  of 
the  Sunday  schools  to  meet  on  or  near  the  campus,  with  a 
more  completely  graded  course  than  could  be  offered  in  the 
several  churches.  In  this  case  the  attendance  should  be  re¬ 
ported  by  denominations  to  the  different  Sunday  schools  and 
the  students  would  probably  want  to  have  some  share  in  the 
support  of  the  several  Sunday  schools.  Wherever  possible, 
however,  the  plan  of  meeting  in  the  church  buildings  is  to  be 
preferred. 

The  Leadership  of  Voluntary  Study  Groups 

There  is  no  final  and  iron-clad  rule  for  the  choice  of  leaders 
for  Voluntary  Study  groups.  There  are  certain  principles, 
however,  which  we  need  to  keep  constantly  before  us.  The 
qualities  of  leadership  for  a  group  discussion  are  varied,  but 
certain  things  are  essential: 

1.  Sympathy  with  the  student  viewpoint. 

2.  Some  understanding  of  how  to  lead  a  group  discussion. 

3.  Knowledge  of  and  enthusiasm  for  the  subject  of  the 
course. 

There  are  no  hard  and  fast  rules,  but  experience  has  sug¬ 
gested  in  most  cases, — and  your  college  may  be  the  exception 
that  proves  the  rule, — that  groups  of  underclassmen  may  be 


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very  successfully  led  by  upperclassmen  if  the  leaders  have 
had  the  advantage  of  a  normal  class  or  leaders’  council  under 
the  guidance  of  some  experienced  teacher.  Some  students 
make  excellent  group  leaders,  even  without  this  training  and 
help,  but  the  number  who  could  have  done  vastly  more  with 
help,  warrants  the  emphasis  on  its  value. 

Where  there  are  sufficient  faculty  members  or  other  mature 
leaders  available,  they  can  in  many  cases  make  a  far  larger 
contribution  to  the  life  of  older  students  than  can  their  own 
classmates  as  leaders  of  a  group.  But  a  committee  in  select¬ 
ing  the  leaders  needs  to  keep  in  mind  that  Voluntary  Study 
is  based  on  the  fundamental  idea  of  small  groups  meeting 
for  discussion,  rather  than  large  classes  meeting  for  lectures. 
Other  things  being  equal,  the  ideal  group  numbers  not  more 
than  fifteen  students,  preferably  ten  as  a  maximum.  This 
affords  real  opportunity  for  discussion. 

The  Promotion  of  Voluntary  Study  Classes 

1.  Spring  Plans. 

The  spring  months  afford  the  best  time  in  which  to  plan 
for  the  work  of  the  coming  year.  Before  the  semester’s  end 
the  committees  need  to  have  a  clear  and  usable  knowledge  of 
the  task  before  them — a  survey  of  the  past  and  plans  for 
the  future. 

Plans  for  the  following  year’s  work  with  the  local  chuiches 
should  be  made  early.  Initial  co-operation  can  best  be 
accomplished  with  the  assistance  of  your  field  secretary. 
Subsequent  plans  may  be  determined  by  these  initial  steps, 
and  the  actual  methods  will  differ  according  to  the  local  sit¬ 
uation. 

The  leaders  should  be  chosen  in  the  spring,  if  possible; 
undergraduate  leaders,  at  least,  should  be  at  the  summer  con¬ 
ference.  Teachers  should  be  secured  for  the  normal  classes 
for  different  subjects.  It  would  be  a  great  help  if  the  group 


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leaders  could  have  a  short  course  of  four  to  six  sessions  on 
methods  of  group  leadership.  This  should  come,  ideally,  in 
the  spring.  The  regular  normal  classes  or  leaders’  councils 
should  meet  weekly  for  the  discussion  of  the  lesson  of  the 
following  week.  Where  the  series  of  talks  in  methods  cannot 
come  in  the  spring,  it  may  be  possible  to  plan  them  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  leaders’  councils  in  the  autumn. 

2.  Fall  Campaigns. 

One  of  the  first  Association  meetings  of  the  year  belongs  to 
the  Voluntary  Study  Executives  for  the  presentation  of  their 
plans  and  the  enrollment  of  students  in  the  various  classes. 
This  meeting  should  be  followed  by  a  systematic  canvass  of 
the  entire  student  body.*  This  should  make  possible  the  or¬ 
ganization  of  classes  within  the  week.  It  may  be  found  when 
this  canvass  is  completed  that  there  are  certain  groups  of  stu¬ 
dents  who  are  not  yet  ready  to  join  Sunday  school  classes, 
but  among  whom  a  group  may  be  formed  to  meet  on  some 
week  day  in  the  dormitory  or  fraternity  house  or  on  the 
campus.  For  these  supplementary  classes,  it  may  be  advis¬ 
able  to  use  standard  courses,  or  there  may  be  some  special 
group  which  would  be  reached  by  a  parallel  course  rather 
than  by  one  of  the  other  groups. 

The  rally  is  over,  the  canvass  completed,  record  made, — 
what  then?  Is  the  work  of  the  committees  completed?  May 
the  members  rest  on  their  laurels  until  they  pass  their  work 
over  to  the  incoming  committees?  No — well  begun  is  half  done 
but  not  all  done,  as  some  people  seem  to  think. 

Has  every  group  a  secretary  or  an  assistant  leader  who  is 
responsible  not  only  for  keeping  record  of  the  attendance  in 
a  book, but  who  helps  the  leader  know  why  there  are  absences? 
Are  students  ill?  Have  they  lost  interest  because  the  class 
lacks  just  that  note  of  enthusiasm  which  the  assistant  leader 
might  throw  into  discussion?  What  can  be  done  about  it? 

*  See  folder,  “Winning  a  College  for  Voluntary  Study,”  sent  free  of 
charge  on  request. 


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Does  the  chairman  of  each  committee  know  through  the  re¬ 
ports  of  various  members  of  her  committee,  responsible  to 
report  to  her  about  the  classes  in  the  churches  and  on 
campus,  just  how  things  are  going  and  why?  A  good  chair¬ 
man  never  does  a  thing  herself  that  she  can  possibly  get 
any  one  else  to  do,  for  she  has  her  hands  quite  full  if  she 
keeps  track  of  affairs  through  her  lieutenants.  And  hers  is 
the  responsibility  of  reports  to  the  cabinet  and  to  her  field 
secretary,  and  she  remembers  that  there  is  to  be  an  annual 
report. 

When  the  work  of  the  first  semester  is  well  under  way,  the 
committees  will  find  themselves  busy  with  plans  for  the  sec¬ 
ond  semester.  The  choice  of  new  leaders,  where  this  is  neces¬ 
sary,  the  courses  to  be  offered,  the  plans  for  the  winter  rally 
and  canvass,  the  organization  of  new  classes  and  the  year’s 
service  comes  to  an  end  with  the  report  to  the  new  com¬ 
mittees. 

And  for  the  rest?  First,  last  and  always,  the  fundamental 
purpose  for  which  the  Bible  Study  Committee  exists.  Co¬ 
operation  with  the  missionary  and  social  service  committees 
in  a  united  program  of  Voluntary  Study  is  important.  De¬ 
cision  as  to  the  need  of  and  provision  for  parallel  courses  in 
Bible  study  may  have  a  large  place  in  the  committee’s  time 
and  effort.  Yet  the  Bible  Study  Committee  remembers  also 
its  responsibility  for  helping  every  student  to  find  the  joy 
of  daily  personal  fellowship  with  God.  They  are  ready  to 
suggest  special  series  of  daily  Bible  readings  such  as  the 
“Christian  Social  Order”  or  “The  Missionary  Message  of 
the  Bible”  (10  cents  each)  for  use  with  parallel  texts  not 
provided  with  suggestions  for  daily  readings.  They  can  sug¬ 
gest  certain  helpful  books  of  prayer  and  devotional  readings. 
There  must  be  machinery,  and  well-oiled  machinery  does  not 
creak;  but  what  use  is  the  machinery  if  there  is  no  product. 
Not  the  number  enrolled  in  classes  nor  the  number  that  con¬ 
tinue  the  study  counts  most,  but  the  girls  who  have  learned 


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to  know  God  better  and  have  found  an  answer  to  their  ques¬ 
tions  of  how  to  live  loyally,  honestly,  faithfully,  for  the  good 
of  the  whole.  So  in  and  through  and  behind  all  else,  every 
member  of  the  Bible  Study  Committee  seeks  to  realize  in 
her  own  life  the  fundamental  purpose  of  the  committee,  else 
how  could  she  make  it  real  to  others.  “For  their  sakes  I 
consecrate  myself,”  said  One  in  Jerusalem.  Can  we  say 
less?  Dare  we  do  less?  “For  their  sakes.” 


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